The Pit and the Pendulum

As the walls got closer, I knew my time was running short. My only two choices were to fall into the pit or to be crushed by hot and moving walls. I was gonna just wait and see if the walls would stop but my fear kept me moving closer and closer to the pit. My only other option now was to jump into the pit and hope that the rats were no longer in it. I did not want to fall so I decided to jump. As I fell everything seemed to move in slow motion. I really just wanted this all to be over with but the world seemed to stop moving altogether. Then all of a sudden I heard the unmistaken sound of rats scurrying around. I knew my chances of getting away from them again were slim to none. All of a sudden I was in the pit surrounded by a thousand or more rats. I knew my life was over then. When they noticed me they all came over running and I gave a loud and deafening scream and.....

I would choose Edgar Allen Poe. His style of writing really creates an image of what is happening. Most of his stories are a way of describing what was kind of happening around him. They were also a way for him to tell how he was feeling in his own style.

Old Ironsides

I think that Old Ironsides is an awesome poem because of what it accomplished. It saved a ship that was going to be sold for parts. That very ship that Oliver Wendell Holmes said they should sink to show it honor is now a working ship again. I think it is so cool that writing a message like this is powerful because it can get certain things to happen, not always in the ways we want them too but they can persuade people into action.

Connection to Trees

My connection to nature is that trees are like a human life. Each time a time a tree loses its leaves and gains them back would be like another birthday for a person. The cycle continuously repeats itself until the tree dies.

Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin was an actor. His hometown was in England. He was not a U.S. citizen. The HUAC believed he was putting Communist propaganda into his films. He also supported the aid of Russia's struggle against the invading Nazis during World War II. The U.S. government wondered about his moral and political views. They  suspected him of having Communist ties






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The Crucible Act I

Talking about the Crucilbe in calss helps make things clearer. Like figuring out if Abigail and Mary Warren were just servants or if tehy were slaves and what the possible reasons were for the accusings of certain people. I think it is interesting that when Tituba and Abigail were asked if they saw Goody Good or Goody Osburn they said they had because they knew those were the names that the others wanted to hear. They also accused others that they didn't like. I also find it interesting how well of an actress Betty was to pretend like she had fainted. Ruth did pretty well but Betty did a better job because she kept her eyes shut the entire time.

In nature you see a new flower starting to bloom. You see a fawn with its mother. New life is a beautiful thing. I learned that my cousin is having twins, and two other cousins are having babies too. They are all expecting around the same time. God is giving my family a lot of new members.

A great religious lesson is that God makes things happen for a reason. It seems that the reason we are getting so many new additions to the family is so that we will realize it's God's plan for us. God wants us to know that we are His children and we need to give thanks to Him for the new life that is all around us.